| 1. |
- Neuman, Nicklas, 1987-, et al.
(author)
-
Toward a critical dietetics in the Nordic countries
- 2018
-
In: Journal of Critical Dietetics. - 1923-1237. ; 4:1, s. 5-14
-
Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Whereas Critical Dietetics is still primarily centered in the Anglo-American countries, the movement is expanding internationally and has recently come to develop in the Nordic countries as well. On the 25th of August 2017, the first conference for Critical Dietetics in Scandinavia was held at Uppsala University, Sweden, and, following this, a network has been established: The Nordic Network for Critical Dietetics (NNCD). This paper is yet another step in this internationalization of Critical Dietetics. We discuss why we think that the Nordic countries have great potential to develop Critical Dietetics into an influential part of the future development of this promising international movement. We then explore three areas of controversy from a Nordic context that we see as touching upon, or being relevant for, Critical Dietetics. These are thematized as 1) challenges to individualism and cognitivism in behavioral change policies, 2) working against body weight and “bad lifestyles” stigmatization, and 3) trust and recognition: challenges to the professions. Each area is illustrated by a few examples of Nordic research and current public debates and campaigns from Sweden. The main argument is that the Nordic region already has a soil in which seeds of Critical Dietetics have been sown; it is time for them to grow.
|
|
